General secretary

Francesco Occhetta, a Jesuit since 1996, teaches at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. After graduating in Law in Milan, he obtained a licence in moral theology in Madrid and a doctorate in moral theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He specialised in human rights at the University of Padua. He completed his training in Santiago, Chile. As a professional journalist since 2010, he created ‘Comunità di Connessioni’, a training programme for young people in social and political commitment, and founded an editorial publication www.comunitadiconnessioni.org